Pierce was pronounced dead at the scene by Osage County Coroner Lois Jaegers.

Two Bland men were injured in a one-car accident at 7 p.m. Sunday on Route Y, north of Missouri 28, in Gasconade County.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2005 Ford, driven northbound by Steven M. Kottwitz, 34, failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the left side of the road, overcorrected and went off the right side of the road, striking a tree.

Kottwitz and a passenger, Trent A. Sellers, 32, were taken to Capital Region Medical Center.

Neither were wearing seat belts.

Kottwitz was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

Two Versailles residents were injured in a one-car accident at 7:02 p.m. Sunday on Route B at Quarrel’s Cutoff in Cooper County.

The patrol reported a 2006 Ford, driven southbound by Cornelius M. Raithel, 94, failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the left side of the road, overcorrected and traveled off the right side of the road and overturned.

Raithel was taken to University Hospital in Columbia, and a passenger, Betty, L. Raithel, 83, was taken to Cooper County Memorial Hospital.